SMARTSVILLE calling
Coolieoh DaddyO Ya fuckin kiddin me
hadnt cried Coolieoh
in years seemed to rise up out of the depths
the sludge he long ago thought had settledwas compressed into an aggregate lazy
silicate sediment drooping over his reptilian brain
all things base he exoduseddeposited there
which is probably
why when he was agitated erupted it was in hot gelatinous splashes furious ferocious
he
preferred not to getting caught up in a maelstrom but he was provoked
DO NOT POKE BEAR
a plain
English straightforward Zooish admonishment DO NOT CLIMB FENCE types
of signs erected for public safety
he didnt wear signs
he said his peace
if someone chose to provoke him he wouldnt repeat himselfwasnt a Christianwouldnt turn his
cheek could call him Horace I meant what I said, and said what I meant.
An elephant’s faithful onehunred percent.
DO NOT
TRIFLE TRESPASSERS WILL BE VIOLATED
SMARTSVILLE
his undesired iPhone revealed
that though if a number didnt correlate with
his phonebook he ignored it
however that didnt mean he wasnt curious
he Googled it
Smartsville is a census–designated
place created for purely statistical reasons
population sixhunred living in Yuba County once gold country off California State
Highway 20
Ohbrother that made him smile years earlier for years he rolled past it many
times en route to Grass Valley had also been involved in a terrific automobile accident on 20 east of Nevada City he fared better than the occupants in the
other vehicle which was appropriate
because it was their fault
accountability
then he was tickled pink by the call
because both communities entertained Mark Twain October 1866 as a lecturer after
his return from the Sandwich Islands later
known as Hawai’i
maybe Twain had called
that would have been a hoot
who knew there was such a place called
Smartsville
look how smart he was for not
answering a telemarketer call
1259, Thursday,
24 2. 22
1932, Thursday,
24 2. 22
